Western Australian Current Acts

WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ACT 2007 - SECT 69

69 .         Waste collection not to be carried out by unauthorised persons

        (1)         A person other than a local government who, for fee or reward, collects local government waste in a local government district other than as authorised by —

            (a)         a written contract with the local government; or

            (b)         an approval to collect local government waste issued by a local government in accordance with regulations or local laws; or

            (c)         a waste collection permit,

                commits an offence.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $10 000 and a daily penalty of $1 000.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who collects local government waste in the course of acting as a refund point operator (as defined in section 47C).

        [Section 69 amended: No. 5 of 2019 s. 7.]